Enrollment Trends at Wayne CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,113 where 3,626 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 2.06 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Wayne CC than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Wayne Community College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,363	1,384	1,979
2016-17	3,402 39	1,375 -9	2,027 48
2017-18	3,426 24	1,366 -9	2,060 33
2018-19	3,238 -188	1,274 -92	1,964 -96
2019-20	2,948 -290	1,125 -149	1,823 -141
2020-21	2,701 -247	1,050 -75	1,651 -172
2021-22	2,815 114	1,064 14	1,751 100
2022-23	2,732 -83	1,037 -27	1,695 -56
2023-24	2,883 151	1,089 52	1,794 99
2024-25	3,626 743	1,185 96	2,441 647
Average	3,113	1,195	1,919

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 49.53% and the percentage of black students is 23.22% at Wayne Community College. 1.16% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 22.45% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 59.74% to 49.53%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.17% to 1.16%. Black student enrollment increased from 22.00% to 23.22%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 11.63% to 22.45%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6497 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5805 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Wayne Community College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	23	73	740	391	8	2,009	46
2016-17	18	74	730	434	5	2,042	50
2017-18	21	67	744	471	7	2,009	70
2018-19	14	56	695	460	7	1,858	85
2019-20	6	59	571	482	5	1,678	85
2020-21	7	40	669	435	5	1,449	66
2021-22	15	53	573	498	2	1,519	97
2022-23	15	49	577	509	1	1,454	92
2023-24	12	38	628	633	2	1,487	55
2024-25	10	42	842	814	9	1,796	77
Average	14	55	677	513	5	1,730	72